Vol 61 No 22 | LIBYA Hope without optimism for the new deal 2nd November 2020 War-weary citizens welcome the UN-brokered ceasefire but the foreign sponsors of the conflict have the casting vote Politicians and fighters in Libya's civil war are due to meet for face-to-face talks in Tunis on 9 November in what will be a key test of the...
Vol 61 No 16 | LIBYA Rivals fight for control of Sirte 6th August 2020 A test of strength over Gadaffi’s home town and local oil assets threatens to become a regional war pitting Turkey against Egypt The conflict in Libya started as a civil war, became a proxy war, and is mutating again as it reaches a potential new watershed. With battle lines now...
Vol 61 No 15 | LIBYA Red lines in the sand 23rd July 2020 In June, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi said that the Libyan central coastal town of Sirte and the airbase at Jufra further south, both held by General...
Vol 61 No 14 | LIBYA Lobbying grenades 9th July 2020 General Khalifa Haftar may be in retreat on the battlefield after his Libyan National Army was forced away from Tripoli back to its eastern strongholds but the war...
Vol 61 No 12 | LIBYA Haftar falls back 11th June 2020 Now that General Haftar is in retreat, he says he’s backing Egypt’s ceasefire plan. The government in Tripoli may try to finish him off first Fourteen months after launching his 'lightning' offensive to seize the Libyan capital and oust the UN-recognised Government of National Accord, eastern-based General Khalifa Haftar now wants a peace...
Vol 61 No 11 | LIBYA West too wild for Haftar 28th May 2020 Although his Libyan National Army (LNA) still controls eastern and southern Libya, General Khalifa Haftar has suffered a string of heavy defeats in western Libya, leaving his hopes...
Vol 61 No 7 | LIBYACOVID-19 No coronavirus ceasefire 2nd April 2020 Unlike its neighbours, Libya reported no coronavirus cases before 24 March, a beneficial effect of the civil war restricting the movement of people and businesses in and out...
Vol 61 No 6 | LIBYA In search of an envoy 19th March 2020 The signs point to an African being appointed UN special envoy to Libya after the surprise resignation of Lebanese Ghassan Salamé on 2 March. On 10 March, the...
Vol 61 No 3 | LIBYAEUROPEAN UNION A game of many nations 6th February 2020 Turkey's agreement to support the UN-recognised government has upsets the geopolitics of the eastern Mediterranean The political backing of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey for the UN-recognised regime in Tripoli is well-known, but less so are the subsidiary clauses in the pact...
Vol 61 No 2 | LIBYA Life as a client state looms 23rd January 2020 As the US leaves the scene, Russia and Turkey may be about to carve up the country between them Whether General Khalifa Haftar will this year enter Tripoli in triumph – which he continually predicted for most of last year – is in doubt now that Libya's...